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Lexicon :: Strong's H6901 - qāḇal

Aa
קָבַל
Transliteration
qāḇal
Pronunciation
kaw-bal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1980

Strong’s Definitions

קָבַל qâbal, kaw-bal'; a primitive root; to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively):—choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H6901 in the following manner: receive (6x), took (3x), choose (1x), held (1x), take hold (1x), undertook (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H6901 in the following manner: receive (6x), took (3x), choose (1x), held (1x), take hold (1x), undertook (1x).

  1. to take, receive, be before

    1. (Piel)

      1. to take, choose, receive

      2. to accept

      3. to accept, assume

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to show oppositeness

      2. to correspond, receive one to the other

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָבַל qâbal, kaw-bal'; a primitive root; to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively):—choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take.
STRONGS H6901: Abbreviations
† [קָבַל] verb
Pi. receive, take (late) (Aramaic loan-word (and in Aramaic denominative) Gerber32, compare Aramaic (לִ)קְבֵיל in front, bdb086701 opposite, Biblical Aramaic לָקֳבֵל before, Old Aramaic, Palmyrene לקבל over against, Nabataean id., in view of; also Sabean לקבל in view of CISiv, No. 79, 11. 2. 4. 5. 8, Assyrian ḳablu, encounter; verbs are: Sabean קבל accept, DHMZMG xxix (1875), 615; xxx (1876), 672; Arabic bdb086702 be in front, opposite, bdb086703 accept, admit; Ethiopic bdb086704, especially III. 2, go to meet, accept; Late Hebrew קָבַל accuse, Pi. = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic קַבֵּל, bdb086705 receive); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular קִבֵּל Esther 4:4 + (Esther 9:27 Qr קִבְּלוּ); 3rd person plural קִבּלוּ Ezra 8:30; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיְקַבְּלֵם 1 Chronicles 12:19 [1 Chronicles 12:18] (18 van d. H.); 3rd person masculine plural וַיְקַבְּלוּ 2 Chronicles 29:16, 2 Chronicles 29:22; 1st person plural נְקַבֵל Job 2:10 (twice in verse); Imperative masculine singular קַבֵּל Proverbs 19:20, קַבֶּלֿ 1 Chronicles 21:11; —
1. take, with accusative of thing 2 Chronicles 29:22; Ezra 8:30; accusative omitted 2 Chronicles 29:16, + ל reflexive = choose 1 Chronicles 21:11; receive, with accusative of person 1 Chronicles 12:19 [1 Chronicles 12:18] (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:18).
2. accept, with accusative of thing Job 2:10 (twice in verse); מוּסָר ק׳ Proverbs 19:20; accusative omitted Esther 4:4.
3. accept, assume, and obligation, followed by clause, Esther 9:23, followed by infinitive Esther 9:27 (+ עַל reflexive).
Hiph. Participle feminine plural מַקְבִּילֹת shew oppositeness, i.e. correspond, one to (אֶל) another Exodus 26:5; Exodus 36:12 (both P).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6902.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

26:5; 36:12

1 Chronicles

12:18; 12:18; 12:18; 21:11; 21:11

2 Chronicles

29:16; 29:16; 29:22; 29:22

Ezra

8:30; 8:30

Esther

4:4; 4:4; 9:23; 9:27; 9:27

Job

2:10; 2:10

Proverbs

19:20; 19:20

H6901

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Strong's Number H6901 matches the Hebrew קָבַל (qāḇal),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - Fifty twists on one curtain and fifty on the other, the twists to be opposite one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:12 - Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:11 - So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it away to the stream Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22 - So they put the oxen to death and their blood was given to the priests to be drained out against the altar; then they put the male sheep to death, draining out their blood against the altar, and they put the lambs to death, draining out their blood against the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - The Jews made a rule and gave an undertaking, causing their seed and all those who were joined to them to do the same, so that it might be in force for ever, that they would keep those two days, as ordered in the letter, at the fixed time every year;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:20 - Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
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